Sentences with phrase «about turnout of their voters»

For Democratic activists in Saugerties, the worry is always about turnout of their voters in local elections.

Not exact matches

Less than half the state's eligible voters bother to register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter of the likely turnout.»

Topics this time: Ben Tulchin, President, Tulchin Research, with insights about the California primary results and the impact of «top 2» on party politics, polling and voter turnout.

Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.

Hence much of the changes that many Argentines credit the Kirchners for having brought about (such as family subsidies, higher employment levels and stronger purchasing power despite rising inflation, as well as access to services and products that the poor were suddenly able to access post-2001) are expected to yield wide turnout among Argentina's poorer classes, without the Frente para la Victoria having to worry about registering — and then turning out — those who might be considered marginal voters in the US.

A couple of states have had higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the number of registered voters has grown since last time.

Preliminary figures show that turnout was about 29 percent of registered county voters, nearly identical to 2013, when Mangano easily won his second term.

Low voter turnout is both a cause of, and a contributor to, the destructive cynicism about how we govern ourselves.

No matter the internal strife over Donald Trump's presidential bid, the intensely competitive Republican primary contest is bringing a booming number of voters to the polls — while Democratic turnout plunges, raising questions about whether these trends will last through November.

While this sounds low for the party's absolute core vote, remember that turnout at the last election was 62 %, so if all that 13 % always vote (a dubious assumption in itself) we are talking about roughly a fifth of actual voters.

Despite Astorino's attempts to rebut claims from Rechnitz, claiming he lied about the event, Latimer would go on to readily defeat the incumbent with the aid of increased Democratic voter turnout countywide.

«If anything it's about plus one in terms of voter turnout.»

The fact is that about 9 % of the GOP Nevada caucus turnout was Hispanic, and about 40 % of Hispanic voters went for Trump.

You've seen the massive turnout, turning out because the voters know they're frustrated and angry about the direction of our country under Barack Obama,» Collins said.

Asked about the traditionally poor turnout of voters in the heavily - minority Fillmore District, Mascia says voters are turned off by nothing being done and says he will run a get - out - the vote campaign for his issues on race, class and economic inequities.

About 15 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2012 primary and Greenberg said he expects a similar turnout Tuesday.

Voter turnout was up — about 30 percent of Southampton Town voters came out, when usually only about 20 percent does in an off - year election, he said.

Our recent race between Andrew Cuomo (Democrat), Rob Astorino (Republican) and Howie Hawkins (Green) had the lowest turnout election watchers can remember — about 31 % of registered voters.

In certain City Council races, de Blasio has endorsed candidates for the primary, including a small flurry of support just a few days before voters head to the polls, in what could be a sign that the mayor and his allies are concerned about turnout.

As expected, voter turnout was light, with about 1,400 ballots cast, amounting to about 6 percent of Independence Party voters.

Fewer than 7 percent of eligible Nassau voters participated in the 2014 primary, and turnout fell to about 3 percent in last year's district attorney primary.

But that turnout was about on par with that of past primaries, and the reality is that regardless of party affiliation, only highly motivated partisan voters show up.

Approximately 32 percent of Kentuckians voted in the 2010 midterm primary.As of Monday, nearly 25,000 voters had voted in person on machines in county clerks» offices and approximately 12,000 mail - in absentee ballots were sent to voters who had requested them.According to current statistics, Grimes projects turnout for May 22 will be about par with the midterm elections of 2014 and 2010, when 26.8 percent and 32.2 percent of Kentuckians voted, respectively.

More important, Langworthy said, is that those chairs represent about 75 percent of the weighted vote statewide because they are from the largest counties with the highest Republican voter turnout.

They worked to improve voter turnout in their county, wrote newsletters for the police department, and developed a Web site to educate people about the dangers of fire ants.»

Education World provides five lesson plans to help you drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what it's like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Make Classroom Connections to This Year's Elections Use these five activities to drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what its like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Concerns about political engagement and voter turnout among young people have long been recognised but not yet resolved: an estimated 44 per cent of 18 - 24 year olds voted in the 2010 general election, around 20 per cent lower than overall turnout.

Signed by Gov. Chris Christie last month after drawing bipartisan support, Greenwald's law allowed districts to move school board elections from April to November, with the stated goal of increasing voter turnouts from what are typically only about 15 percent of registered voters.

Because these are issues that educators in Seattle care deeply about, this article should help to increase voter turnout in the election — a prerequisite to a an engaged and activated membership, one of the primary objectives of ours in the campaign.